Donkey Stories in Ireland

On a warm Saturday mid July 2018, the family all travelled for the first time to the Monasterevin Horse Fair just a few miles from Kildare town. We planned on just having a look around and enjoy the atmosphere, but being donkey lovers, there was always the chance that something with long ears might catch our eye!

We saw many ponies and cobs, some with foals, some under carts,  along with the rich variety of characters that travel the countryside selling second hand horse tack and vintage items, all enjoying the mix of sunshine and banter. No donkeys but a […]

A runaway horse was rescued by the RNLI after swimming more than 1.5km out to sea off the coast of Donegal.
The distressed animal called Valentine was coaxed out of four metres deep Atlantic waters on Monday evening near Bundoran.
The town’s lifeboat crew was unable to go too close in case it tried to jump into the boat, press officer Shane Smyth said.
He added: “It could have turned out much worse, particularly if the horse’s head had gone under the water, it would not have been a nice outcome.”

The volunteer crew was called to […]

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It began when Danny and Sandra Curran took in a starving donkey which a friend had found tied to an old car in a bog and grew into a sanctuary which now cares for almost a hundred donkeys at Castledooey near Raphoe in Donegal.

However, Covid-19 has hit the Donegal Donkey Sanctuary a double blow and “on the brink of a financial crisis”.

Forced to close its gates to visitors, the sanctuary has no income to feed and care for the animals.

On top of that, the Currans say, there has been an increase recently in the number of […]

Ee-awwwww! 😍A foal born at The Donkey Sanctuary Ireland during the Covid-19 lockdown has been aptly named Lockie

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Newcastle West on Tuesday welcomed a very unusual addition to its animal population – an Appaloosa mule.

And the foal’s owner and breeder, Robert Cronin, is giving the public the chance to name him and wants to hear from people as to what name they would pick.

Robert, whose animal holding includes horses, donkeys and mules, admits his newest foal is his most unusual yet. “I have never seen anything like it,” he told the Limerick Leader just hours after the foal was born. “He is black and white and spotted like a Dalmation.”

The new foal […]